Electricity demand in Texas neared 66,000 megawatts on the last day of July. This breaks the previous July hourly record of 65,432 megawatts set last year during one of the hottest and driest summers in Texas history. 

Texas power to choose is being put to the test as Texas struggles to come up with enough electricity to meet the ever increasing demand for power in the Lone Star state.  Electric choice in Texas has kept rates low; particularly in recent years.   A side effect, however, is that the state is having to come up with ways to get power producers to invest in new facilities in an environment where margins for the producers are very small.